Season over for Yankees’ Teixeira
NEW YORK — On Thursday, Mark Teixeira hobbled into the clubhouse and spoke of being optimistic about returning before the regular season ends and hopefully playing if the New York Yankees make a lengthy postseason run.
It turned out to be wishful thinking for the 35-year-old first baseman.
A week after being placed on the 15-day disabled list with a bone bruise in his right shin, Teixeira was ruled out for the rest of the season, including the postseason, after the latest MRI and CT scans discovered a fracture.
Cowboys’ Jones undergoes second hip replacement
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones underwent his second hip replacement surgery last week but plans to attend Sunday night’s season opener against the New York Giants.
Jones, who turns 73 next month, had his right hip replaced last Friday. He had the procedure on his left hip on July 21.
The Cowboys said Jones will be in his suite Sunday for the home game at AT&T Stadium.
Timberwolves coach takes leave for cancer battle
Minnesota Timberwolves head coach and president Flip Saunders will take a leave of absence from the NBA club while he remains in hospital from complications related to his cancer treatments, the team said on Friday.
The 60-year-old Saunders, who announced last month that he is being treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, was admitted to a local area hospital where he remains while undergoing further testing and treatment.
The Timberwolves said assistant coach Sam Mitchell would serve as the Timberwolves’ interim coach while general manager Milt Newton assumes an increased role in the day-to-day and strategic operations of the basketball department.
U.S. will host centenary Copa America
ASUNCION, Paraguay — The 2016 Copa America will definitely be held in the United States, ending media speculation it might be moved due to friction caused by a U.S.-led probe into corruption.
The soccer tournament is to be contested in July by 10 South American teams and six from the CONCACAF region of North and Central America and the Caribbean.
“We have once again ratified the unanimous decision taken at a meeting in August to hold the Centenary Cup in its original format in the United States,” South American football confederation (CONMEBOL) president Juan Angel Napout told the Paraguayan radio station Urbana.
The Copa America was first held in 1916 and is the oldest international tournament in the world.
Although it is usually contested every four years by teams from South America, a special centenary version was announced for next year with teams from all over the Americas.